[Atlantic (Bark) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by West Mitchell (replaced by Benjamin Franklin Wing, at Honolulu, 18 Apr. 1881), on voyage from 2 Nov. 1880-31 Oct. 1881]

by: Atlantic (Bark)

Publication date: 1881

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Log, kept by Benjamin Franklin Wing, relating to a whaling voyage to the North Pacific and Arctic oceans; Includes descriptions of types of whales (polar/bowhead whales) and polar bears seen or taken, Arctic disaster, and shipwrecks; and account of provisions used and provisions taken onboard and inventories of whale oil. Other places represented include Kauai; Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by West Mitchell (replaced by Benjamin Franklin Wing, at Honolulu, 18 Apr. 1881), on voyage from 2 Nov. 1880-31 Oct. 1881 to the Anadyr Sea whaling grounds; owner-agent: J & W.R. Wing & Company; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1851.